Backhoe Ripper

[TMGT]

Looks like a great tool ! Lots of commercial excavation companies use rippers, not just for trees but just about anything where you need to bundle the force.

Just wondering: how many roots are left in the ground, and arent you afraid your shop foundation will settle when they rot ?

My father cut an oak at the end of the driveway when the mill in town, who brought hog feed in 50kg bags on a haywagon drawn by a 15hp Deutz, closed, and he had to order in bulk at a larger cooperation, whose trucks couldnt make the turn. Say somewhere in the 70s.

When i was a kid we layd pavers around it, so the top of the stump was flat with the pavers although it was still a hump..

In my early twenties the stump started sinking, and i paved pavers over it. Right now, theres a dimple in the street.

Off course this was a 2 feet oak stump, not some flywood roots, but i personally dont like the idea of decomposing organic material under a foundation: We always dig foundations at least 2 feet untill subsoil, though at my brother in laws house, on an old river arm, they dug 6 feet before finding subsoil without organic matter. Though we live in a river delta, no hard place in miles around

Minimal roots are left, I will still be grading down slightly which will remove most of the other roots.
The footers will still be 16in depth. Most of the roots will pull up while removing them.


As you can see, the rootballs are pretty complete.

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[BFreaky]

You built a great ripper. This is the kind of attachment everyone should use to dig out stumps, roots and concrete slabs. You get all the power out of your backhoe and it works much better then a bucket

 

[TMGT]

You built a great ripper. This is the kind of attachment everyone should use to dig out stumps, roots and concrete slabs. You get all the power out of your backhoe and it works much better then a bucket

Thank you, that means a lot coming from someone of your fab skills!

They really allow a smaller backhoe do bigger work quicker when it comes to stumps, and less ground disturbance.

This is a 28" red oak I just took down, took maybe 1hr to get it down. Root ball had about 2yrds of soil attached to it! Had to use the ripper to knock enough of the dirt off just so I could roll the stump oit of the hole.

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[BFreaky]

I've designed and got cut parts for a ripper with similar design a while ago but still haven't found free time to put it together. Your posts just reminded me that I should because there is piece of brothers farm land I have to clear

 

[TMGT]

I've designed and got cut parts for a ripper with similar design a while ago but still haven't found free time to put it together. Your posts just reminded me that I should because there is piece of brothers farm land I have to clear

Looking forward to seeing it get built!

I have a number of fab projects I still want to do, I just haven't had time to complete them.
The ripper and thumb were moved to the top of the list due to needing them for clearing the land of my new shop build.

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